Stick holder for manufacturing frozen confections on sticks



July 11, 1939. E. l.. ELWELL STCK HOLDER FOR MANUFACTURING FROZEN CONFECTIONS ON STICKS Filed Feb. 2, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 7.3. ...In 1| Il.

INVENTOR n/wf?? VM/fi] EY V f ATTORNEY July 11, 1939D E. L. ELWELL STICK HOLDER FOR MANUFACTURING FROZEN CONFECTION-S ON STICKS Filed Feb.v 2, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 NVENTOR Ed//w E'ZweZZ ATTORE UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcl- STICK HOLDER FOR MANUFACTURING FROZEN CONFECTIONS ON STICKS Edwin L. Elwell, Baltimore, Md., assignor to Eskimo Pie Corporation, Bloomfield, N. J., a corporation of Delaware Application February 2, 1938, Serial No. 188,385

' 1 Claim. (Cl. 294-87) The present invention relates to devices adaptmovement is given to the stick and the plate toed to hold and subsequently release sticks which Ward each other.

will ultimately be carried by frozen confection Plate I carries handle members 5 and each units through the association of ice cream, water member may be a rod bent in U-formation and ice, etc., and the stick in any sui-table manner, threaded at its lower end so that the threaded 5 the stick being employed as a handle member for ends may pass through apertures in the plate manipulation of the frozen confection unit. and receive nuts E opposite shoulders or heads The specic object of the invention is to pro- 6x carried by the handle-legs at the upper side vide a device of the character set forth which of said plate I. As a substitute for the nut Ii, the

l shall be simple and durable in construction and lower ends of the handle-legs may be headed 10 which will provide a lower wall substantially over upon the lowerI face of plate I. These han- Without projecting elements and entirely without die members pass through apertures at 'Ix in a operating elements, which facilitates normal use gripper carrying plate I which also may have of the device for long periods without derangeupwardly extending boundary nan-ges 'Imst l ment of parts, which provides upper and lower The gripper carrying plate 'I is provided with l5 plates which enclose and protect the operating handles 8 which may be made of at bar-stock elements of the device, and which employs a bent in U-formation, each leg of the handle novel principle in the form and arrangement of abutting the inner surface of the ange 'Ix and gripping members for the stick and the means being spot welded or otherwise secured thereto.

for releasing the same. Reinforcing bracket arms 9 may be employed to 20 Further objects of the invention will be herefurther connect the handles 8 with flanges 192x, inafter set forth. as shown in Figure 1.

The invention will be described with reference In the present form of the device, gripper carto the accompanying'drawings, in which: rying plate 'I is formed with six rows of stick- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a stick holder receiving apertures, there being four apertures 25 constructed in accordance with the invention. in each row, the apertures being indicated at Ill. Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2, Means also are provided for movably support- Figure 1, ing a plurality of grippers, one for each stick,

Figure 3 is a perspective view, partly broken a perspective View of one of the grippers being away, showing one of the stick gripping memshown in Figure 3. Each gripper is formed with 30 bem a plate-like section II having a stick-receiving Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view aperture at I2, the apertured wall at one side of the device from the lower face thereof. thereof being preferably formed with a bevelled Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary View, tooth formation, as shown at I3. At one end showing the upper face of the lower plate. plate II is formed with two upwardly extending Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view showears I4 and the end of the section of the plate ing the position of the elements in stick-gripping intermediate the ears is angulally bent aS indposmon. cated at Il, Figure 3, said angularly bent sec- Figure 7 is a, View similar to Figure 6, show.. tion being formed with arcuate recess I5 for a ing the position of the parts in releasing the purpose HOW to 1 0@ descnbeqn 40 Sticks Formed 1n gripper .carrymg plate 'I interme- In he drawings I indicates a base plate which d1ate two stick-receiving apertures of each row is preferably formed with an upwardly extendof apertures are formed two sets of the ear ing and Surrounding ange I which may be re receiving apertures, each set comprising two 15 inforced by the end reinforcing strips 2 (Figure euehgltgfspuegehgl i5 l). Plate I is formed with rows of stick-recewextend in Opposite directions as shown more ing apertures at 3 for the recept1on of sticks 4. particularly n Figures 2J 6 and .7- The aper Each Stick aperture is countersunl S0 as to pro tures receiving ears I4 will be sufficient in size to vide upwardly DIOJ'BCHg SCk-gllldng Walls as permit a lateral movement of the ears to accomshown at 3:0, Figure 5, and the Walls 0f the Openmodate the movement of each gripper plate from ing from the lower face at plate l are tapered the position shown in each of maures 2 and s so that when a stick is positioned slightly out to the position shown in Figure 7 and vice versa. of register with a stick opening, it will, neverthe- When each set of gripper plates is positioned less, be guided to the opening when a relative below plate I and the ears projected upwardly M Cil through the appropriate apertures, each gripper plate will be held against free lateral and upward movement, and downward movement of the gripper plate is restrained by the following instrumentalities:

Passing upward through plate 1 and headed at the top thereof, is a stud I6 best shown in Figure 6, the stud being provided with a shoulder which abuts the lower wall of plate 1. Surrounding the stud, in each case, is a spiral spring Il' which rests upon the lower headed end of the stud. The arcuate recess l5 of each of' the set of two gripper plates lies close to the adjacent stud I6 and the spring acts upon the said set of gripper plates to hold them normally in the position shown in Figures 2 and 6. They may, however, have an upward swinging movement to the position of Figure '7 in opposition to the tension of the spring.

When the device is inverted as in the position of Figure 4, the sticks may freely be passed through the stick apertures 3, Vl2 andV i8, those at l2 being in the grippers. Due to the gravitational action of plate l it will, in said inverted position, move slightly toward plate 'I and hence the grippers will be moved slightly toward plate 'i and thus the sticks may be inserted through the gripper apertures with ease. There will, nevertheless, be sulicient frictional action thereon to permit the reversal of the device so that it will assume the position shown in Figure 6. In this case the reverse gravitational action will occur with respect to plate l permitting movement of the grippers, under the action of spring Il', to the position shown in Figures 2 and 6, which will cause the toothed edge of each gripper aperture to rmly engage the stick extending through the aperture and the greater the pull upon the stick, the more firm this gripping action will be. Thus the weight of frozen confections on the sticks will increase the gripping bond between the grippers and the sticks by which said frozen confections are held. Through handles 8 the device may then be manipulated as in dipping frozen confections into a, chocolate or other liquid coating material, etc., etc.

It is unnecessary, in the operation of the device, that sticks be inserted through the apertures of the plates and grippers with the device inverted, since the device may be placed in association with sticks held in frozen confection material, or units of frozen coniections and the device moved relatively to the thus held sticks so that the sticks are caused to enter the apertures. The device may then be used by manipulation of handles 8 to remove the stick held confections from any initial position, as, for example, from molds after a defrosting operation, freeing the frozen confections from the mold.

When it is desired to release the sticks, as with frozen confections thereon, each handle 8 may be engaged by the palm of the operators hand and the fingers may be employed t0 move the handles 5 upwardly. This action will bring the grippers to the position of Figure '7, relieving their pressure upon the sticks and the sticks will gravitationally be freed from the device, particularly when they carry frozen confection units.

each gripper member comprising a plate formed l with a stick-receiving aperture, an angularly eX- tending fulcrum section adapted to abut the plate, a spring engaging said fulcrum section of the gripper member for holding the latter angularly with respect to the plate, and means moving the gripper members simultaneously to change their said angular positions.

EDWIN L. ELWELL. 

